Ancient Tattoos & Tribal Identity

Many millions of people today such as myself are mysteriously drawn to the painful art form known of as tattooing, and some of us do not ancient tattoo womanknow why. I believe the reason to be a common thread that some of us share to the past. A past that deals with thousands of years of ink, blood, honor and tribal identity.

An art form, that would actually become a threat to the church in the 4th century when the first Christian emperor of Rome had banned facial tattooing of slaves and prisoners, and later Pope Hadrian in the year 787 who had prohibited all forms of tattooing. More measure would be employed, and in fact, a passage in the bible would be created that would make this age old custom of tattooing now considered a sin; as seen in  Leviticus 19:28 –

“Ye shall not make cuttings on your flesh (body) on account of a soul, i.e., a dead person (נפשׁ equals מת נפשׁ, Leviticus 21:11; Numbers 6:6, or מת, Deuteronomy 14:1; so again in Leviticus 22:4; Numbers 5:2; Numbers 9:6-7, Numbers 9:10), nor make engraven (or branded) writing upon yourselves.” (more…)

33 Degrees to Enlightenment

Up the spine I travel 33 degrees bringing the liquid gold of God to your own Golgatha (place of the skull).33 degrees

A trip down the yellow brick road to deliver the philosopher’s stone to the house where I illuminate your thoughts with the divine.

Like the Messiah, I come to bring you wisdom to reach your own  Christ consciousness.

Dying on the cross, I raise you to spiritual regeneration by degrees through the thirty-three vertebrae of the spinal column.

I AM the Master equation of Truth known as AMEN: 1+13+5+14=33.

Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. (Jeremiah 33:3)

3d rendered illustration of the male nerve system

Masonry is a religious and philosophic body

In the quote below, 33rd Degree Freemason and Gnostic philosopher, Manly P. Hall talks about the rank and file of present-masonic symbolsday Masons who strenuously oppose any effort put forth to interpret Masonic symbols in the light of philosophy. He also states that Masonry is a religious and philosophic body.

These simple facts are only known by the wise Masonic philosophers who have taken the time to study the true history and symbols of the craft.

The word philosophy simply means the lover of wisdom. So essentially what Hall is saying is that most Masons oppose wisdom in the interpretation of the Craft’s symbols, and many of their teachings. They instead choose ignorance and intellectual apathy over the wise truth.

These words by Hall were written well over 50 years ago, and they still ring true today. As it has been said by a wise philosopher, “there is nothing new under the sun…”

Manly P. Hall had said, “An obstacle well-nigh insurmountable is to convince the Mason himself that the secrets of his Craft are worthy of his profound consideration. As St. Paul, so we are told, kicked against the “pricks” of conversion, so the rank and file of present-day Masons strenuously oppose any effort put forth to interpret Masonic symbols in the light of philosophy. (more…)

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